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Freddie Mac announced on November 4 a new initiative to encourage operators of multifamily properties to report on-time rental payments to help renters build credit. According to the announcement, fewer than 10% of renters see their on-time rental payment history reflected in their credit scores.…
House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-MA) held a roundtable on October 13 to examine family budgets and food insecurity in America. This event was the tenth in a series on food insecurity, with the goal of finding solutions to end hunger by 2030. Speakers included policy experts in health…
NLIHC has released Fuera de Alcance: El Alto Costo de la Vivienda 2021, the Spanish-language edition of Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing 2021, highlighting the mismatch between wages people earn and the price of decent rental housing in every state, metro area, and county in the U.S. The…
Last week NLIHC released The Road Ahead for Low-Income Renters, which summarizes research largely conducted during the pandemic on renters’ experiences and their needs going forward. The note summarizes findings from the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey, rent payment trackers, and research…